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Here you find current news about plastic packaging, recycling and circular economy – from business and politics as well as from associations and the media. This newsroom is maintained by the Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e. V. and PlasticsEurope Deutschland e. V., two of the largest interest groups of the plastics industry in Germany.
Plastics specialists in the fight against coronavirus
As difficult as the times may be during the coronavirus pandemic, the support available in the fight against the virus is as diverse. [...]
Sustainable plastic packaging honored with the PackTheFuture Award 2020
Paris, Bad Homburg, May 12, 2020: 58 entries, 14 nominees and 10 award winners – this is the positive outcome of the PackTheFuture Award 2020 [...]
From capacity limits to short-time working: Corona affects manufacturers of plastic packaging in many different ways
Bad Homburg, May 4, 2020 – The IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen asked its member companies at the end of April in a survey for [...]
Security of supply in times of crisis: an open view of packaging
Commentary by Mara Hancker, Managing Director of IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen (German Association for Plastics Packaging and Film [...]
Styropor® / EPS / airpop® positive properties in applications and recycling
The special properties of Styropor®/EPS/airpop® Styropor®/EPS, also known as airpop®, offers a variety of uses on account of its mainly positive pr [...]
Commission´s new Action Plan on Circular Economy – Plastic Packaging in the focus
On 11 March 2020, the European Commission presented its new Action Plan on Circular Economy. We take a look at the main announcements in the plan r [...]
